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Main definitions of fen in English

fen1

noun

‘From the marshes, fens and river-banks, rushes and reeds were harvested for use in thatching, with tons needed just for one dwelling.’

‘Our Countryside Bill gives everyone the right to enjoy mountains, moorland, fens and common land - for the first time since the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries.’

‘Like Amsterdam perhaps, much of the centre of the city is reclaimed from the water, or the marshes and fens of the wild Shawmut Peninsula that loomed out of the mist to greet the 17th century sailors from the Old World.’

‘Wildlife habits, rivers, the canal, bogs and fens are to be protected and development restricted along those areas.’

‘This is mainly because the vast bogs and fens make the area almost impossible to traverse in the summer months; about the only way to penetrate the area is by boat or canoe.’

‘The bogs, fens, and estuarine marshes in the Lower Fraser Valley and Fraser Delta of British Columbia support large vegetable growing operations.’

‘Many of the ‘gap’ species are also typically found in open to very open wetland habitats such as fens, alder thickets, wet prairies, sedge meadows, and shrub carrs.’

‘Site-specific features of the hydroperiod and geochemistry of the waters influencing the site will determine the specific type of peatland that will develop from the mineral wetland, be it swamp, fen or bog.’

‘The nest was located at the edge of a small open pool surrounded by cattails adjacent to a sedge and sphagnum-dominated lakeside fen.’

‘The northern parts of the county remained for centuries almost completely cut off by fen and water and developed their own unique way of life.’

‘The wetland is a large sedge- and sphagnum-dominated lakeside fen and cattail marsh that supports one of the most diverse wetland bird communities in the state.’

‘It is the smallest patterned fen recorded in Maine; the next largest is 11 hectares.’

Origin

Old English fen(n), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veen and German Fenn.

Pronunciation

fen

Main definitions of fen in English

fen2

noun

‘If it were not one yuan but one fen, would the press still have made a mountain out of it?’

‘Meanwhile, the company, China's biggest ethylene producer, saw its net profit leap more than fivefold to 1.03 billion yuan, or 31 fen per share, in the first half on rising sales.’

‘With gross profit margin up to 35.2 per cent from 25.9 per cent a year ago, the company declared an interim dividend of 5.6 fen per share for the first time since listing in 2001.’

‘Registered users are charged 40 fen per minute for local calls, while prepaid card users are charged 60 fen.’

‘An interim dividend of nine fen per share was declared, up from five fen per share a year ago.’

‘Cabbage used to cost only a few fen, less than one U.S. cent, a kilogram and a fraction of the price of other vegetables, but prices have since evened out.’

‘Of some 10 million containers, 70 per cent were purchased at the rate of two fen each.’

‘In the past, a bottle of hot water was priced at only one fen, cheaper than the cost of burning coal to heat water at home.’

‘The plan was unveiled after the firm said its profit for the first half nearly doubled to 110 million yuan, or 19 fen per share.’

‘He said China's insurance market was showing signs of a slowdown this year but was still confident that it will be able to achieve its 2004 profit target of at least 2.76 billion yuan, or 45 fen per share on a pro forma diluted basis.’

‘So he uses short messages to communicate with others because it costs only 10 fen a time.’